L.B. Simmons > Quotes

“But you'll never have your happy ending unless you're brave enough to open the book and start your story.”
― L.B. Simmons, Running on Empty

“I think you look good, wearing my future.”
― L.B. Simmons, Running on Empty

“Every being in this world makes an impact on at least one person they encounter during their lifetime. You can change the course of someone’s life by just a kind word, a hateful one, or even by simply choosing not to say anything at all. Every choice you make has the potential to create a ripple effect, trickling into and affecting the lives of others.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“Without heartache, there is no understanding of the true meaning of love. Without anger, passion cannot be comprehended. Without fear, there is nothing gained when overcome. And without sorrow, happiness can never be realized.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“Beautiful people tend to be ugly, ugly people tend to be beautiful, storms tend to brew below a person’s cool, calm exterior, and tremendously happy people tend to be overcompensating for their own grief. Nothing is ever really what it seems.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“I hope that one day you’ll find that source of light and let it heal you, too. Because if you do, it will illuminate your path and eventually lead you home. To me.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“You’ve always been my sunshine. Ever since we were kids.” He tightens his gaze. “I know you’re still in there, Bree. And I will find you.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“The simplicity of living astounds me. But it’s the terror of death that devours me.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“You go on, each day, as though you’re happy and at peace with your life. Or at least trying to convince yourself that you are. But you also go on, each day, not really living.”
― L.B. Simmons, Running on Empty

“Face your fears and overcome them. Become the best person you can be as you grow into your impending adulthood. Find what drives you and hone those skills. Practice them and perfect them, so that you can leave this world in a better state than you found it.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“I think some people are just inexplicably bonded. Drawn by forces beyond their own comprehension, they have no choice but to gravitate toward one another. Destined by fate to keep crossing paths until they finally get it right.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“As long as you continue to travel through life in this darkness, you will never know how beautiful your light truly shines when you let yourself love and be loved. Trust me when I say, it’s a breathtaking sight to see. You burn as bright as the sun.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“I learned a long time ago to never judge a book by its cover. It seems what people try to represent on the outside very rarely mirrors their inside.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“It seems what people try to represent on the outside very rarely mirrors their inside. Beautiful people tend to be ugly, ugly people tend to be beautiful, storms tend to brew below a person’s cool, calm exterior, and tremendously happy people tend to be overcompensating for their own grief. Nothing is ever really what it seems.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“Sometimes in life there are these random moments when everything just clicks. When all the fragments of your fractured past fall together, merging in your mind to form a lucid image of your future. Each mistake made becomes a vital piece as it serves whatever purpose necessary to complete the picture as a whole and suddenly everything becomes so clear.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“You know, if the sun and the moon were to actually collide, it would set off a cataclysmic reaction of epic proportions. Are you ready to have your world completely obliterated?”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“Life is full of so much that you refuse to let yourself experience. The blanketing comfort of love, the fulfillment of contagious laughter, the peace of finding true joy, the butterflies of uncontainable excitement…these are all things that make up life. They should never be taken for granted. You of all people should understand that, sweetheart.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“You call me your sun, well you’re my moon, Kaeleb. I know it’s not the most romantic thing I could say right now, but it’s true. You’re my balance. You’re the ebb to my flow. You’re the day to my night. The light to my dark. With all the bad that I’ve experienced, you are the good that balances my life.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“I feel safe. I feel protected. I feel relief. I feel scared. I feel vulnerable. I feel desire. I feel… Everything.”
― L.B. Simmons, Running on Empty

“I would rather have one night with you, than to live the rest of my life with the possibility of never being able to experience loving another person the way that I love you.”
― L.B. Simmons, Running in Place

“You see, we’re intertwined. Tethered. Bound. And even while you thought you were alone, you weren’t. I had a strong hold on that cord connecting us and there was no way in hell I was letting you go. I will always be your anchor, Bree.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“I swear on your Kindle, Cass.”
― L.B. Simmons, Under the Influence

“[T]he way I see it, we're two people, so hopelessly intertwined, that without one, the other ceases to fully exist. You call me your moon, well, I call you my soul mate.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“He reminds me every day that when you’re running on empty, you won’t ever get where you need to be. Both in Life and Love. (And sometimes Suburbans…) – Alex ”
― L.B. Simmons, Running on Empty

“So, when things don’t make sense to you, try not to waste time being upset about it. Stuff works out the way it’s supposed to. Some things just take longer than others.”
― L.B. Simmons, Recovery

“These ties can’t be broken. Our bonds are secure.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“There was no way I was letting you go.” He pauses briefly and his eyes tighten as they peer into mine. “Our bonds were secured.”
― L.B. Simmons, The Resurrection of Aubrey Miller

“He pauses, swallowing deeply. “I know firsthand how abuse can break a person. How damaging the effects can be as they whittle away at your will to live. How they carve away your humanity as they completely hollow you out, leaving you a shell of your former self when they’re finally done. But you…” He narrows his eyes on mine. “You are far from broken. Even though you still have your struggles, you find the strength to try to help others, to guide them through their own issues as you lead the way. Your positivity radiates to everyone around you, and those who are lucky enough to be in your presence will forever be changed by your ability to heal with something as simple as a touch or a smile.”
― L.B. Simmons, Under the Influence

“But in this rare moment, I will also concede that like a moth to a flame, I’m drawn to her. To her innocence. To her kindness. To her ability to love. To all the things I wish I was capable of but have sacrificed in order to survive.”
― L.B. Simmons, Under the Influence

“I have always belonged to you. I will always belong to you. Regardless of what you’ve done, what you do, or what you will do, I will forever be yours. And that’s my choice to make, whether you choose me or not.” I”
― L.B. Simmons, Under the Influence